Directions

Get this recipe started by soaking your dried beans overnight. Just dump them into a large bowl, sort through it quickly and pull out any rocks or broken beans. Cover them with water, making sure there is a good bit over the top of them, and cover, leaving them on the counter over night.

In the morning, get out your crock pot and drain the beans. Put the beans in the crock pot. stir in the can of tomato sauce and the chopped tomato, all the spices and the drained, browned turkey. Add water to the top of the mixture, cover with your lid and let it cook the day away. I also add a dash of liquid smoke to my pot and sometimes sometimes some cumin if I have it handy. I use quite a bit of chili powder in my batch.

You can also use canned tomatoes and canned beans, but they add SO much sodium that we really don't need. I've not added the first bit of salt to it and it is fabulous! I think we may make our chili with ground turkey from now on! It is very filling, and if made as I indicated, 120 calories per one cup!